DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z July 4, 2024
SMOKE: Alaska/Canada... A large area of light to moderate density smoke attributed to the numerous amount of large wildfires throughout Alaska and Northern Canada continues to be seen today covering a widespread area from the Bering Sea and western edge of Alaska, east through the majority of Canada, through the Labrador Sea and past the southeast coast of Greenland. Large concentrated fires throughout the central regions of Alaska and the Northwest Territories, northeast British Columbia and northern Alberta continue to produce moderate to thick density smoke that can be seen throughout the Yukon province, the Northwest Territories, northeast British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The areas of moderate smoke were seen moving east towards the Atlantic Ocean, while areas of localized thick density smoke were briefly present before cloud cover in the region prevented further analysis. The smoke continued to move south through the Atlantic coast, where it mingled with smoke from the fire activity within the U.S. Southeastern United States/Atlantic Ocean/Gulf of Mexico... An area of predominantly light density smoke was observed along the Gulf Coast, extending south into the Gulf of Mexico. The smoke also which extended northeast along eastern coast. Utah... A large wildfire located in southern Utah was observed producing a large moderate to thick density smoke plume moving southeast across the region. The smoke likely contributed to the larger area of smoke mention prior across the southeastern U.S. California/Pacific Ocean... Several fires located in central California were observed producing a widespread an area of light to moderate density smoke that expanded throughout the central valley and west towards the coast before it dispersed into the Pacific Ocean. A large fire located north of the valley was emitting moderate to thick density density smoke, moving west towards the Pacific Ocean. NGUYEN THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME DETACHED FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE, TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THESE AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE SOURCE FIRE IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE: JPEG map: https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/currenthms.jpg Smoke data: https://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/FIRE/web/HMS/Smoke_Polygons Fire data: https://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/FIRE/web/HMS/Fire_Points ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO: SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov